About this title: Nobel Prize-winning Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata tells a luminous story of desire, regret, and the almost sensual nostalgia that binds the living to the dead. "A brief, compact dramatic story as delicate and finely detailed as the small ivory carvings called netsuke".--Chicago Tribune.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Perigee Books
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780399505263ISBN:0399505261
Description: Komatsu, Fumi. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Pages tight and lightly tanned with text clean. No stains, tears or markings. Edges soiled. Cover is shiny and discolored with scratches, small tear and moderate wear. Spine is smooth. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 147 p. Includes illustrations. read more
Description: Fair. 0399505261 Previous owner has already marked some significant bits. The cover shows only minor shelf wear, a few creases. Your book will be carefully protected for transit in sturdy, weather-resistant packaging. We are prompt, efficient, communicative. read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Not Available, Not Available
Date Published: 0000
Description: Good in Good jacket. See Notes. Gently used paperback. ** PLEASE READ: This book is: KAWABATA, YASUNARI: THOUSAND CRANES This is the book you will receive if you order this item. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Berkeley Pub. Corp., New York
Date Published: 1968
ISBN-13:9780425028698ISBN:0425028690
Description: Good. No dust jacket. back cover small edge wear. Text in English. vi, 144 p. : ill.; 18 cm. Berkley medallion book. Unesco collection of representative works: Japanese series. Includes Illustrations. read more
Edition: Later Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Corporation, New York
Date Published: 1968
ISBN-13:9780425028698ISBN:0425028690
Description: Good/No Jacket. 0425028690 Good with picture cover, with bookstore's stamp inside cover. Pages are yellowing but are clean and tight. 144 pages. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Berkeley Pub. Corp., New York
Date Published: 1968
ISBN-13:9780425028698ISBN:0425028690
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Text in English. vi, 144 p. : ill.; 18 cm. Berkley medallion book. Unesco collection of representative works: Japanese series. Includes Illustrations. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Perigee Trade
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780399505263ISBN:0399505261
Description: Good. 1981; Paperback; No notes/hiliting; Bumped corners; Clean pages; Lightly edgeworn cover; No dog-ears; Strong binding; cover and page edges are soiled. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Berkley Book, New York
Date Published: 1968
Description: Good. Tight spine, previous owner's name and date inside front cover otherwise text is unmarked. Illustrated wraps, edges rubbed, corners bumped, covers age-toned, pages very yellowed but not brittle. 144 Pgs. read more
Edition: Edition Unstated
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Berkley
Date Published: 1968
Description: Good. As issued No Jacket. Spine lean, corner bumps, spine flex, sticker residue front cover, handling creases to both covers, scuffing to the covers, pages and covers age toning, and other light to moderate shopwear. Text is clean. read more
"Subtle and image driven. Compelling romantic relationships. There are no sharp edges (flaws in plot or tone or language) to get caught on as you drift through the story. It's a cultural experience."
"This beautiful short novel reads like a poem. The story is rather sentimental and melodramatic, but is told in a spare, restrained, exquisitely controlled style that reminds me of a noh play or a haiku. Much is left unsaid, and passions are always kept just below the still surface. Kawabata conjures up a delicate sense of melancholy and nostalgia through impressionistic language exploring the theme of human impermanence in the midst of the permanence of tradition and the recurring cycles of nature."
"A very poetic novel full of larger meanings set against the metaphor of the tea ceremony. I suspect multiple readings would richen and enhance the text."
"Tells the story of a man and his affair with his dead father's mistress and then her daughter. I enjoyed the backdrop of the tea ceremony, but otherwise found this book to be a little dull.. perhaps too subtle."
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